# Vestar Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Aug 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/vestar-capital-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Vestar Capital Partners Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Apr 2024, closing $26M. Last cheque observed Aug 2015. Email Private equity Quiet Last fund $26M, Apr 2024 Seed Series A Series B Sustainable Underserved Sustainable Development Goals Follow Vestar Capital Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fvestar-capital-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **4122** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$42M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **2 rounds** Pitch Vestar Capital Partners ## Vestar Capital Partners highlights - 01 3 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Venture: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $3.0M ## What they do > Vestar Capital Partners is a leading private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies. From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Sustainable Underserved Sustainable Development Goals - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2015** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Veritas Collaborative](https://millionrounds.com/company/veritas-collaborative)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Bhakti Chai](https://millionrounds.com/company/bhakti-chai)** Venture · US **$3.0M** Sole investor - **2004** 1 round - **Jan** **[Essent Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/company/essent-healthcare)** Venture · US **$80M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **24 named** AJ **Andrew J. Cavanna** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed AP **Anil P. Shrivastava** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BJ **Brendan Joseph Spillane** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BJ **Brian J. Modesitt** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BK **Brian K. Ratzan** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BP **Brian P. O'Connor** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BP **Brian Paul Schwartz** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed BJ **Bryan J. Carey** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed CA **Chris A. Durbin** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed DS **Daniel S. O'Connell** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed DS **Daniel Stephen Oconnell** Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV EA **Evan A. Marks** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JL **James L. Elrod, Jr.** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JP **James P. Kelley** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JL **Jean-Francois L. Felix** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JJ **Jens J. Tonn** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JB **John B. Stephens** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed JR **John R. Woodard** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed KJ **Kenneth John O'Keefe** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed KA **Kevin A. Mundt** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed KM **Kristian M. Whalen** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed MD **Michelle Duncan Bergman** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed ND **Nikhil D. Bhat** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed NW **Norman W. Alpert** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed We also hold **70** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$2.6B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Vestar Capital Partners, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 155953 Funds on its Form ADV **34** private funds, **$4.4B** in gross assets · filed Jul 2024 - Vestar Capital Partners Rainforest, L.P. *Private equity* 99 investors $1.2B - Vestar Capital Partners VII, L.P. *Private equity* 52 investors $972M - Vestar IRI-NPD Co-Invest Aggregator, L.P. *Private equity* 40 investors $776M - Vestar Capital Partners VI, L.P. *Private equity* 32 investors $392M - Purposeful Foods Investor L.P. *Private equity* 19 investors $312M - V-Sky Co-Invest Aggregator II, L.P. *Private equity* 14 investors $137M - Vestar Capital Partners VII-A, L.P. *Private equity* 20 investors $121M - IRI Co-Invest Aggregator, L.P. *Private equity* 29 investors $109M - VCP TECH24 Co-Invest Aggregator L.P. *Private equity* 26 investors $93M - VCP Boston Co-Invest, L.P. *Private equity* 31 investors $71M And 24 more on the filing. Who backs their funds ## 4 LPs on record in Vestar Capital Partners's funds - **Committed:** $1.2B - **Funds:** 5 - **Vintages:** 1997 to 2018 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026. - [**Washington State Investment Board** 5 funds *$534M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-state-investment-board) Fund Vintage Committed Vestar Capital Partners VII 2018 $200M Vestar Capital Partners VI 2012 $159M Vestar Capital Partners V 2005 $100M Vestar Capital Partners IV 1999 $55M Vestar Capital Partners III 1997 $20M - [**Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund** 4 funds *$300M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Vestar Capital Partners VI 2012 $75M Vestar Capital Partners V 2005 $100M Vestar Capital Partners IV 1999 $100M Vestar Capital Partners III 1997 $25M - [**Minnesota State Board of Investments** 2 funds *$250M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minnesota-state-board-of-investments) Fund Vintage Committed Vestar Capital Partners VII 2017 $150M Vestar Capital Partners VI 2011 $100M - [**California State Teachers Retirement System** 1 fund *$150M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-state-teachers-retirement-system) Fund Vintage Committed Vestar Capital Partners V 2005 $150M ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **Woodstream** **Undisclosed** Apr 2015 **Institutional Shareholder Services** **$367M** Apr 2014 **Cesare Fiorucci** **Undisclosed** Jan 2005 **Sab Wabco** **Undisclosed** Jul 2002 Latest fund on file **$26M** raised in Apr 2024 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$42M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M** Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Aug 2015 Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *3* - Seed said *-* - Series A said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2004 2015 **Pitching Vestar Capital Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about Vestar Capital Partners ### What does Vestar Capital Partners invest in? Vestar Capital Partners invests most often at Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sustainable, Underserved and Sustainable Development Goals. ### How active is Vestar Capital Partners? 3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2015. ### How big are Vestar Capital Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $42M. ### Is Vestar Capital Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2015. ### What kind of investor is Vestar Capital Partners? Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in New York, United States. ### How much does Vestar Capital Partners manage? About $2.6B, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026). ### Has Vestar Capital Partners raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2024, reporting $26M raised. ### When was Vestar Capital Partners founded? Vestar Capital Partners was founded in 1988. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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